Astray (Tiredtwt High School AU)

11

"Withers?! Like the wither skeletons?!" Purpled shouted. He had gotten some horrible flashbacks to when he first encountered the creepy skeletons.

"Did you not learn a single thing about mobs here?" David asked.

"Mr. X told me that it wasn't that important to memorize!"

"He was wrong!"

"Okay, guys, hang on, before we do anything," Hannah said. There was sudden shouting coming from inside the other dorm rooms, all noticing the approaching enemy. "Has anyone noticed that the mob attacks have been more frequent after Purpled arrived?"

"There's no way you're bringing this up now," Walli replied.

"I'm just saying! We've known each other for months now!"

"You couldn't have brought it up earlier then?! Maybe when we're not trying to run away from a fucking wither?" Boomer looked at Hannah.

"Hannah's right, though," Chaz joined in.

"Don't add fuel to the fire, Chaz."

"It needed to be said!"

The more everyone talked, the louder Purpled's thoughts got. Was he actually the problem? Did he cause everything bad to happen to his friends? His breathing got faster as he pieced everything together, there was never a moment something bad happened when he wasn't there. It had to be linked to why he was brought here in the first place, right? 

"Purp, let's get out of here," Walli whispered, grabbing his friend and leading him away from the group. "We don't need their negativity right now."

"...Okay," Purpled managed to get out.

"Look, dude, I don't know why they're arguing about that, but even if something is leading the mobs to attack us because of you, you won't go through it alone," Walli explained, tyring to calm his friend down. "I'm your friend, they're also your friends, but, I think they're all stressed and panicked right now, so don't worry about them, okay?"

"Okay, I got it," Purpled nodded. 

"Good, let's head into the school and find the teachers or something," Walli also nodded. "I don't know how goddamn withers managed to spawn but if they don't detect us, they won't attack."

The two moved slowly through the dorms, if they moved too fast, the withers would instantly detect them. However, they didn't know how they were going to get to the school without being directly in their line of sight. Unfortunately, there were no hidden secret passageways to the school without needing to walk from the outside. Walli and Purpled looked at each other, what could they do? Purpled couldn't control his teleportation just yet, who knows where they'd teleport to if they tried. Walli couldn't make an invisibility cloak, or at least he's never tried before.

"I think we just run for it," Purpled admitted.

"Yeah, me too," Walli agreed.

"But, I dunno, you said we couldn't move fast or else they'll detect us."

"As soon as we reach the inside of the school we slow down, I'm sure they'll leave us alone," Walli replied.

"On the count of three then?" Purpled suggested when they reached the exit doors with a straight path towards the main school building.

"Wanna race?" 

"Of course."

"Slowest owes the other a cookie."

"Bet."

"Ready?" Purpled asked after getting into the typical racer position.

"What are you doing?" Walli said, looking puzzled.